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Caribbean Report 14-09-1998
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)2. Caircom chairman secures an agreement between the main parties in Guyana. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony is interviewed (00:25-02:59)3. United Kingdom pressure group Banana Link is calling on United States multinational food company Chiquita to address alleged human rights abuses on its farms in Latin America. Alistair Smith of the United Kingdom-based non-profit organisation Banana Link is interviewed and Warren Gordon reports (03:00-07:02)4. Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell today ended his four day nation European tour where he has been seeking support for the Windward Island banana industry. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is interviewed (07:03-07:59)5. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas talks to the BBC Report last Friday at the end of the Caricom's mission visit to the Federation. Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell says he is encouraged by the talks in St. Kitts and Nevis. Prime Ministers Dr Denzil Douglas and Sir James Mitchell are interviewed (08:00-10:49)6. Jamaica's Talk Radio Show host draws criticism from some observers. Government Senator responsible for media issue Maxine Henry-Wilson and Talk Show host Wilmot Perkins are interviewed. Yvette Rowe reports (10:50-13:33)7. Millions of people in the Dominican Republic have been celebrating the achievement of their baseball hero Major League player Samuel Sosa. Jean-Michel Caroit reports (13:34-15:17
Caribbean Report 23-03-1990
No full textJames Mitchell, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was an observer at the recently concluded elections in Nicaragua. He was also a member of a group of Caricom leaders to meet with the US Vice-President, Dan Quayle and Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney in Europe. In Europe, he attended the Caricom banana meeting with the Dominican Republic. Prime Minister Mitchell is presently in London after visiting Hungary as an observer at this country’s first democratic elections since 1948. In an interview with Hugh Crosskill, he discusses the similarities between the elections in Nicaragua and Hungary and the inability of the Caribbean countries to immediately penetrate the European Single Market economy until the European countries restructure their economies. He also comments on role of Cuba, the sale of the Liat airlines, the signing of the banana agreement with the Dominican Republic and the expansion of the Caricom community.1. Headlines (00:00-01:08)2. Live interview with the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, James Mitchell, after witnessing the historic elections in Hungary and Nicaragua (01:09-05:40)3. Financial New. Interview with Michael Cassidy of the BBC Financial Unit (05:41-07:06)4. Resumption of interview with James Mitchell, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (07:07-14:52
Caribbean Report 03-12-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)2. A crisis of quality for St Lucian bananas as thousands sent to the United Kingdom are dumped. Banana Industry Minister Peter Josie, Deputy Chairman of the St. Lucia Banana Growers Association Abel Wilson and Dr Errol Reid, WINDECO are interviewed. Pete Ninvalle reports (00:34-03:47)3. Sir James Mitchell of St Vincent and the Grenadines criticises the US for not doing enough to fight the region's drug problem. Sir James Mitchell is interviewed and James Ferguson reports (03:48-08:03)4. Comments by the United States government officials that the United States has information that at least one elected representative in Jamaica is involved in the drug trade has sparked a denial from the Jamaica Minister of National Security in speculation at large. Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Programmes Patricia Hall and Jamaica Minister of Security and Justice Kadi Knight are interviewed (08:04-10:13)5. Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations has defended the decision by the organisation for African Unity to ask African leaders to propose new candidates for the job of UN Secretary General. Ambassador of the UN Security Council is interviewed (10:14-11:386. There is intense disappointment in the Caribbean today following the West Indies lost of the Second Cricket Test to Australia in Sydney. Cricket Commentator 'Reds' Perreira is interviewed (11:39-15:25
Caribbean Report 19-04-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)2. Regrettable but inevitable is how a top Antiguan government minister describes the demise of Caribe Express. British Airway regrets the demise of the airline but remains committed to the feasibility of expanding services in the region. Antigua Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood and Prime Minister James Mitchell are interviewed (00:31-06:07)3. OECS leaders discuss plans to evacuate volcano threatened Montserrat. Prime Minister James Mitchell is interviewed (06:08-08:26)4. Black Labour Member of Parliament is to chair a demonstration against the government's asylum on the immigration bill tomorrow. It is believed that Black people in Britain are feeling the effects of the bill (08:27-11:30)5. Life after Marlon: a return to the US Virgin Islands seven months after the hurricane (11:31-15:27
Caribbean Report 04-07-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)2. Leaders discuss sanctions on Nigeria and the setting up of a Caribbean Investment Fund. Prime Minister Edison James and Dennis Lalor, Caribbean Investment Fund are interviewed and Carol Orr reports (00:34-03:46)6. As the US presses ahead with plans to penalise large companies doing business with Cuba criticism of the move continues. Parick Brooks, Director of GJW, Political Consultant based in Europe is interviewed (08:19-11:37)3. The Caribbean business sector is endorsing the idea of a commission to oversee Caricom's international negotiations. Felipe Noguera, Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce is interviewed (03:47-04:29)4. The independent Caribbean Export Development Agency was relaunched in Port of Spain today. Oscar Alonzo, Deputy Chairman, Caribbean Export Development Agency is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (04:30-06:01)5. Voices in Carriacou call for advance status. Jamaican Attorney Anselm Clouden is interviewed. Lou Smith reports (06:02-08:18)7. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister James Mitchell does not support the notion that greater American access to the airspace of his countries in pursuit of drug traffickers amounts to surrender of sovereignty. He also spoke about the role he played in restoring civilian rule to the Gambia. Prime Minister James Mitchell is interviewed (11:38-13:05)8. Recent movements of the Jamaican dollar against the US dollar have had mixed effects on the Jamaican economy. Jennifer Grant reports (13:06-15:22
Caribbean Report 17-05-1989
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-01:04)2. The New Democratic Party of Prime Minister James Mitchell in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has won all fifteen seats at the general elections. Interviews with Stanley John and Parnel Campbell (01:05- 09:14)3. Financial News (09:15-10:55)4. The British Labour Party finds itself without a black candidate for the upcoming by-election in South London. Interviews with Wesley Kerr and Martha Osamor (10:56-12:43)5. Carlos De León from Puerto Rico fights for the WBC World Cruiserweight title. Gary Mason reports (12:44-15:23
Caribbean Report 08-03-1995
No full textDebt forgiveness and women's development are at the top of the agenda at the UN World Summit for Social Development. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, UN Secretary-General and America's First Lady Hillary Clinton both addressed the Summit and focused on the improvement of conditions for women in the developing world. In Saint Vincent, Prime Minister James Mitchell gave his first public reaction to the US drug allegations. Mitchell criticised the report and challenged whether a country could be condemned by a unsubstantiated report. Meanwhile in Jamaica, Edward Seaga, leader of the Opposition Labour Party, criticised the challenge to his leadership and spoke about the recent resignation of party Chairman Bruce Golding. The OECS plans to reach out and increase trade with the French Overseas Departments. Keith Fletcher has been sacked as England's cricket manager following a disastrous England tour of Australia.1. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:26)2. Debt forgiveness and women's development dominate the agenda at the UN Social Summit (00:27-07:08)3. Prime Minister James Mitchell criticises the US State Department report on the drug problem in the region (07:09-09:00)4. Edward Seaga responds to the challenge to his leadership of the JLP and the recent resignation of party Chairman Bruce Golding (09:01-10:55)5. The OECS plans to reach out and increase trade with the French overseas departments (10:56-14:20)6. Keith Fletcher, England's cricket manager has been sacked following a disastrous England tour of Australia (14:21-15:03
Caribbean Report 10-05-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)2. Bermuda is proceeding with plans to dump tons of asbestos into the Atlantic Ocean. Minister of the Environment Pamela Gordon and Executive Director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Conservation Association Glenda Medina are interviewed (00:38-04:30)3. Vincentian Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell wants the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to be granted membership in the Inter-American Bank. The IDB is making a thirty-eight million dollar loan available for OECS projects through the Caribbean Development Bank. Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell is interviewed (04:31-05:42)4. With a WTO disputes panel in place St. Lucia's Silvana Squatinard says the region's banana future rest in Europe's hands. Pete Ninvalle reports (05:43-07:44)5. Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says that he is opposed to President Preval's plan to privatize Haitian State companies.Yvette Rowe reports (07:45-09:08)6. Four thousand Cubans take part in the United States immigration lottery. US Immigration Official in Havana Sandra Salmon is interviewed (09:09-10:37)7. In Britain immigration controls over the past few years have been getting tighter and a number of people now faced with the threat of deportation. David Wood reports (10:38-12:51)8. Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan will visit Jamaica in June. Jamaica's Spiritual Leader of the Jewish Community Ernest De Souza is interviewed. Nicole Lewis reports (12:52-15:13
Caribbean Report 04-01-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)2. Four Caribbean governments embroiled in a war of words over airline routes rights. Prime Minister James Mitchell and Prime Minister Lester Bird are interviewed. Hugh Crosskill and Bertrand Niles report (00:28-07:45)3. Political wrangling from Britain to Dominica over a Saudi dissident. Liberal Democrat Lord Avebury, Former Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, Dominica Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas, Prime Minister Edison James and Opposition Dominica Freedom Party Leader Brian Allen are interviewed. Carol Orr reports (07:46-13:54)4. The independence of the judiciary in the region is called into question. Ronald David, President of the Dominica Bar Association is interviewed and Jewel Forde reports (13:55-17:17
Caribbean Report 26-01-2000
No full text1. Headlines: (00:00-00:272. The Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Basdeo Panday expects the President A.N.R. Robinson to remove the Tobago Senators and put two others in their place. Mr. Robinson has refused to do so and has brought the country into what can be described as a constitutional crisis. Mr. Robinson is of the view he is acting to keep the union of Trinidad and Tobago because revoking the appointment of the two Senators could endanger that union. (00:28-07:39)3. In the middle of a tense election campaign in Dominica, the Prime Minister Edison James links the Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas to the unification church known as the Moonies. Prime Minister James indicated that police investigations have revealed a connection the authorities could not ignore. (07:40-10:49)4. The Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has been giving reasons for explaining publicly what he believes is a lack of American support for CARICOM countries. He wants Washington’s attention to be drawn to the fact that countries like Grenada do need US support in specific areas. (10:50-12:53)5. Hangings will not be resumed in Antigua this week as they were initially scheduled. High death row prisoners who were to be hanged tomorrow and Friday have been given a stay of execution to appeal to the Privy Council. Four of the men were given 21 days to sort this out. (12:54-13:33)6. The EU Trade Commissioner has called on the World Trade Organisation to launch new rounds of talk this year. The request comes weeks after the failed Seattle Summit. They are also proposing a package of concessions for developing countries. (13:34-15:29
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